page_title: Caravan (travellers)
hierarchical_section_title: Caravan (travellers)
caption_attribution_description: English: Arrival of a Caravan Outside The City of Morocco
context_page_description: A caravan is a group of people traveling together, often on a trade expedition. Caravans were used mainly in desert areas and throughout the Silk Road, where traveling in groups aided in defense against bandits as well as helping to improve economies of scale in trade.
context_section_description: A caravan (from Persian: کاروان‎) is a group of people traveling together, often on a trade expedition. Caravans were used mainly in desert areas and throughout the Silk Road, where traveling in groups aided in defense against bandits as well as helping to improve economies of scale in trade.
caption: Edwin Lord Weeks, Arrival of a Caravan Outside the City of Morocco
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